I don't think so. Provided there was no attempt to change her skin tone or something like that. Dressing up a generic person of Hawaiian descent? Offensive. Dressing up as a specific Hawaiian person through clothes and accessories? Fine.

Interesting. This mom did get bullied at a party and one of the people bullying was a darker skinned mother who was dressed as a white Disney character and whose child was also dressed as a white Disney character wearing a blonde wig.

I think this is the first year people have focused so hard on costume appropriateness.

Interesting. This mom did get bullied at a party and one of the people bullyi...

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Interesting. This mom did get bullied at a party and one of the people bullying was a darker skinned mother who was dressed as a white Disney character and whose child was also dressed as a white Disney character wearing a blonde wig.

I think this is the first year people have focused so hard on costume appropriateness.

so what's the problem with the "darker skinned mother" dressed as a white disney character?

Interesting. This mom did get bullied at a party and one of the people bullyi...

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10/29/2018

Interesting. This mom did get bullied at a party and one of the people bullying was a darker skinned mother who was dressed as a white Disney character and whose child was also dressed as a white Disney character wearing a blonde wig.

I think this is the first year people have focused so hard on costume appropriateness.

This is nowhere near the first year that people have focused on whether costumes are culturally appropriate. Not by a long shot.

This may be the first year YOU are aware of being aware of whether your costume is appropriating another culture, but it's not a new thing.

And no, a person of color going as a character that's white is pretty much never inappropriate. Not the same thing at all.

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